Completing your Application

A Step by Step Guide

Guidelines and programs are subject to change. Make sure you have downloaded the most recent version of the Application with Guideline forms before you fill out your application.

1. Download your Program Application with Guidelines.
These guidelines contain specific information and requirements for the program to which you are applying. Browse the A-Z List of Grants. It is recommended that you also download the General Guidelines as they are to be used in conjunction with the specific program guidelines.

2. Gather your Support Material
Support material is an important part of your application and will have an impact on the assessment of your application as a whole. Support material is specific to individual programs and you must comply with the requirements for the program to which you are applying.

Please refer to the General Guidelines for important technical information about the formatting and labelling of materials submitted.

3. Fill out your Application
You can complete your application by typing your details into the form fields and then printing a hardcopy to sign. You can also print off a hardcopy and fill it in by hand.

4. Submit your Application
The complete application and all support material must be submitted together on or before the deadline. Applications can be mailed or delivered by hand to the Manitoba Arts Council. View MAC office location and hours

What is the difference between an arts council and an arts council? ‘Arts Council’ means different things when naming different types of organizations. There are, essentially, two types of arts councils whose activities are primarily different but complementary.

MAC uses the peer assessment process to award most grants. That means that qualified artists and arts professionals make the funding decisions. If you are a professional artist in Manitoba you can participate in this process. It’s a great way to serve the community and to get an inside perspective on how awards are made.

If you happen to be an artist or a member of an arts organization, you’ve most likely worked diligently on assembling a grant application, painstakingly double-checking that all requirements from the guidelines have been met. You’ve managed to submit your grant application by its program deadline date – so, what exactly happens during the wait-time between submitting a grant application and finding out whether it has been awarded or declined?